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WRIGHTSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has named a suspect in the Johnson County murders of two teenagers.
22-year old Daniel Payton Brinson of Washington County is charged with two counts of malice murder for the deaths of 18-year old Destiny Hope Kight of Wrightsville and 18-year old Charles Jaylon Garrett of East Dublin.
Kight and Garrett were found dead at 1383 Paul Lord Road in Wrightsville on April 23rd. They had been shot.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest Friday morning. According to a news release from the GBI, Brinson knew Garrett, and the investigation is ongoing.
He was arrested last month on unrelated charges in Marietta, Georgia Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 10:25 AM EDT May 7, 2021
COBB COUNTY, Ga. A Washington County man is now facing two murder charges in the April killing of a Wrightsville teen couple.
According to a GBI news release, they have secured arrest warrants for 22-year-old Daniel Brinson on two counts of malice murder. Those charges stem from the deaths of Destiny Kight and Charlie Garrett.
Brinson was arrested by Marietta Police in Cobb County on unrelated charges on Monday, April 26. He is in custody at the Cobb County jail.
The investigation is still ongoing.
By cher best
Apr 27, 2021
It was a violent marred weekend in the CSRA and it began last Friday with a double homicide.
On Friday authorities discovered the bodies of Destiny Hope Kight, 18, of Wrightsville and Charles Jaylon Garrett, 18, of East Dublin. They died from apparent gunshot wounds. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to help investigate.
Early Saturday, an 18 year old was shot and killed while sitting in a vehicle with another teen near an apartment complex on Barnwell Avenue at Kershaw Street in Aiken SC. The victim, Joseph Copeland was later taken to the Aiken County Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.